þræc-hwíl
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A time of suffering, a hard time Ongan ðá hreówcearig sár cwánian ... 'Ðú mec þreádes þurh sárslege ... 'Hine seó fǽmne forlét æfter þræchwíle, Exon. Th. 275, 22; Jul. 554
west-lang
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Lying in a westerly direction On ðone westlangan hlinc; of ðes westlangan hlinces ende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 135, 25. Ða westlangan díc, v. 334, 22. v. next word
wóddor
The gate of speech ⬩ the mouth
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The gate of speech (?), the mouth (?) T hine teswaþ, and hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ, Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95
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wósig
Juicy ⬩ succulent
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Juicy, succulent Ðeós wyrt is wel wósig, Lchdm. i. 270, 21. Genim ðás wyrte swá wósige gecnucude, 278, 23. Ða beóð fulle of gehwǽdum leáfum wel wósigum, 258, 3
weorold-ege
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Worldly fear, fear of the world Hý sculan Godes ege habban on gemynde and ne eargian for woruldege ealles tó swýðe, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 20
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ymb-frætwian
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To surround with ornament Ðeáh ðe men him háton gewyrcan heora byrgene of marmanstáne, and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, Wulfst. 148, 21. Ymbfrætewode circumornatae, Ps. Lamb. 143, 12
bítel
a beetle ⬩ A beetle ⬩ insect
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a beetle.A beetle, insect Bitela mordiculus (in a list of insects), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 18: ii. 58, 11. Bitelum blatis, 127, 10. Bitulum blattis, Txts. 45, 307. Substitute:
bydel-æcer
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Land allotted to a bydel (cf. Bydele gebyreð sum landstycce for his geswince, Ll. Th. i. 440, 7) On ðæene bydelæcer, of ðám bydelæcere, C. D. vi. 152, 31
byrd
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birth: — Gemildsa mé nacodum, forlidenum, næs ná of earmlicum birdum geborenum, Ap. Th. 11, 20. [O. H. Ger. burt.] bearing, Similar entries v. ende-, for-, fore-, mund-, stefn-byrd
disme
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Add: moss (?) Peregrino pulvere, i. musco. Muscus est mus peregrinus ꝥ is disme ( muscus, in the sense of moss, seems to be rendered by disme), An. Ox. 46, 4
drohtnoþ
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life, way of life Seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð (drohtoð, v. l. ) habban in morðre and on máne, Wlfst. 187, 18. Nǽfre ic geférde heardran drohtnoð, An. 1404
eard-wunung
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Living in one's native land Þolige sé ðe hit on gelang sý ǽlcere eardwununge and wræcnige of earde, oððon on earde swíðe deópe gebéte, Wlfst. 120, 13: 300, 24
ge-rúme
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Substitute: ge-rume; adv. Without the pressure of care. v. rume; III Is min mod gehǽled, hyge ymb heortan gerflnie (thought has free play round my heart), Gen. 759
ge-swápan
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To sweep together, take possession of, get into one's power Ptholomeus tógædere gesweóp ealle Egyptum and Arabia Ptolemaeo Aegyptus Arabiaeque pars sorte provenit, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 27
gifig
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Possessing as the result of gift or grant Gifine com-potem Angl. xi. 171, 7 (v. note there in which the word is compared with Goth. gabeigs: Icel. gǫfugr)
ge-witennes
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Add: departure from this life; death (v. ge-wítan; 2); the anniversary of a person's death On þone endlyftan dæg þæs mónþes byð Sc̃i. Martines gewytennys, Shrn. 146, 32
hæcce
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A fence of rails (?) Andlang hæccan (heccan, v. l. ), 3. D. B. iii. 147, 25. [Cf. (?) On haccan bróc; andlang haccan bróces, 3. D. v. 298, 4. v. hæc.]
heorþa
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Herþa (is the reading of the MS. given in) Ælfc. Gr. Z. 321, 5. Ǽlce geáre tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan (pelles buccinas), Chrd. 48, 26. Add
hrínung
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Add: the sense of touch Mé þincð þæt þú ne trúwie þám uttram gewitte, náðer ne þám eágum . . . ne ðám hyrínunge respuis omne testimonium sensuum, Solil. H. 18, 13